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Meet the 'Luigi Girls' who slept outside a courthouse to see the alleged killer in the flesh
NEWS | 26 April 2025
"Luigi Girls" wait in line for hours for the chance to see Luigi Mangione in court in Manhattan. "Luigi Girls" wait in line for hours for the chance to see Luigi Mangione in court in Manhattan. Sketch artist Jarva Land, right, speaks to reporters before a court hearing for Luigi Mangione as the women she calls "Luigi Girls" look on. Though she admitted, "I love the Luigi Girls — even the mean ones." Sketches by Brooklyn artist Jarva Land from outside the federal court hearing for Luigi Mangione.

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Jeff Bezos-backed Slate Auto wants to take on Tesla and Rivian with this $25,000 electric truck
NEWS | 26 April 2025
The interior of the Slate Truck. SlateThe Michigan-based startup's Slate Truck is expected to be produced at an undetermined location in the Midwestern US and be the cheapest new electric vehicle and pickup truck in the US. The most affordable pickup truck on sale in the US is the Ford Maverick, which starts at $26,995. The Slate Truck. The Slate Truck is a blank slate for owners to personalizeA customized Slate EV pickup truck.

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Flight Attendants Say Passengers Are More Unruly and Scared Than Ever
NEWS | 26 April 2025
When flight attendants approached him, he began punching a window, cracking the glass and bloodying his hands. Airline crews have reported 12,900 unruly passenger incidents to the Federal Aviation Administration since 2021. Flight attendants have a front-row seat to the state of this unspoken pact in all its glory or disrepair. These days, the flight attendants I spoke with say Americans' behavior could use some serious help. 'I mean the country as a whole but also flight attendants and passengers.'

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Feds want to keep the public from seeing 'sensitive' freak off videos at Diddy's trial
NEWS | 26 April 2025
Prosecutors want to make sure the public doesn't see the "freak off" videos made by Sean "Diddy" Combs, which they say they'll present as exhibits in his upcoming criminal sex-trafficking trial. "These are extremely sensitive videos, they are going to involve videos of 'freak offs,'" Smyser said. According to prosecutors, Combs sexually abused Ventura through "freak offs," which they described as elaborate and lengthy sexual performances that Combs staged, masturbated during, and often recorded. Prosecutors have identified another four accusers who are expected to testify as victims in the trial. Mark Von Holden/Invision/AP, FileSubramanian also forced Warner Bros. to give Combs' lawyers interview footage with two accusers taken for a Max documentary, "The Fall of Diddy."

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SPONSORED | 26 April 2025
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Google made an extra $8 billion last quarter but won't say how. I have some guesses.
NEWS | 26 April 2025
Google reported an $8 billion gain on a company it's invested in. Google reported an $8 billion gain on a company it's invested in. Which is what happened when I asked Google comms to shed some light on that gain — specifically, which company Google was talking about. At the end of last year, a funding round valued the company at $41 billion, per Yahoo's private company tracking service. At the end of 2024, a $10 billion funding round valued the company at $62 billion, up from $43 billion in fall 2023.

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'Mini private equity' is exploding, but there are risks. The biggest dos and don'ts, according to experts
NEWS | 26 April 2025
Judd Lorson Judd LorsonSearch funds, sometimes referred to as "mini private equity," are having a moment. WassersteinWasserstein found that more than three-quarters of sales were to private equity firms or companies backed by private equity. "Our data says that 65% of exiting searchers roll 25% to 49% of their equity," Wasserstein said. According to the 2024 Stanford search fund study, 37% never find a business, while 19.5% fail to make a return on investment. His research categorizes search fund failures into three categories: no-dealers, imploders, and drifters.

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Microsoft is trying to simplify how it sells Copilot AI offerings, internal slides reveal
NEWS | 26 April 2025
Microsoft is trying to simplify its many AI offerings by streamlining how the products are pitched to customers, according to internal slides from a recent presentation. The software giant has a bunch of different AI tools called Copilot. There's Copilot for its Teams chat app, Copilot for its PowerPoint presentation tool, Copilot for its Outlook email service — just to name a few. Beginning in July, these areas will be combined into three: AI Business Solutions, Cloud & AI Platforms, and Security. The changes come as Microsoft is trying to figured out how to make money from its significant AI investments.

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Disney's constant reboots and sequels are even irritating its superfans
NEWS | 26 April 2025
Disney's movie executives seem focused on playing the hits, but even some diehard fans of the company are yearning for a change of pace. Sequels, live-action remakes, and franchise reboots have been the backbone of Disney's movie strategy in recent years, and for good reason. Iger has previously said that live-action remakes can leverage new technologies to help Disney's classic stories reach new generations of viewers. She said that while she rolled her eyes when live-action remakes were announced, she understood the strategy. But Francis Dominic, a Disney social media influencer, thinks the focus on sequels and remakes is getting old.

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Google has a 'You can't lick a badger twice' problem
NEWS | 26 April 2025
What does "You can't lick a badger twice" mean? The badger phrase "just popped into my head," he told Business Insider. The ugly:Comparatively, ChatGPT gave a better answer when I asked it about the badger phrase. So this isn't a problem across all AI — it seems to be a Google problem. Or as they say, you can't lick a badger twice.

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Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi says self-driving on his Tesla is 'delightful' and welcomes Elon Musk's competition in autonomous taxis
NEWS | 26 April 2025
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said he owns a Tesla and loves it. Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said he owns a Tesla and loves it. Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said on Friday that he isn't sweating Elon Musk's robotaxis. "I don't think that there will be a winner-take-all," Khosrowshahi told Semafor editor-in-chief Ben Smith during the publication's World Economic Summit in Washington. "Great car," Khosrowshahi said.

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Bill Gates says he's glad his daughter didn't ask him to back her business
NEWS | 26 April 2025
Bill Gates said his youngest daughter "luckily" didn't ask him to back her business, Phia. Bill Gates said his youngest daughter "luckily" didn't ask him to back her business, Phia. Phoebe Gates, the youngest of Bill and Melinda Gates's children, has made her own entry into the business world. "I thought, 'Oh boy, she's going to come and ask,'" Gates told The New York Times in an interview published Thursday. "If the business is successful, people will say, 'It's because of her family,'" Gates told The New York Times.

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A Gen Zer swears by a LinkedIn trick that helped him be among the first to apply for roles. Experts say he's onto something.
NEWS | 26 April 2025
Michael Yan said a LinkedIn trick helped him apply to internships soon after they were posted. Michael Yan said a LinkedIn trick helped him apply to internships soon after they were posted. A LinkedIn trick helped a Gen Zer in tech beat the rush of other applicants. Applying early could "change your odds"There are several perks to being among the early wave of job applicants. DeMase said applying early could be particularly important for entry-level positions, which tend to see a large number of applicants.

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This Texas mom made $8,000 in 3 weeks training AI at her kitchen table. She says it's 'not easy money.'
NEWS | 26 April 2025
"Sometimes, I'm at the kitchen table until midnight," she told Business Insider. Like many freelancers in the space, she juggles work across multiple platforms — a setup Business Insider has verified. An Appen spokesperson told BI that although the industry is trending away from simpler data annotation tasks to "more complex" generative AI work, "human expertise remains essential to AI model development." Related stories Business Insider tells the innovative stories you want to know Business Insider tells the innovative stories you want to know"They're supposed to sound natural," she said. "It's easy work.

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SPONSORED | 26 April 2025
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